English 10
Progress Chart
Name:
Your final grade will be calculated as follows:
Category
Tests
Projects
Writing
Assignments
Forums
Scaffolding Assignments
(SA)
Weight
20%
5%
30%
20%
10%
15%
Your provincial exam is worth 20% of your overall grade. Your school
mark contributes 80% of your final mark.
Exam Schedule
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/handbook/schedules.htm
Unit 1 - Non-Fiction Analysis
Category
Total
PAWS Reading Strategies
SA
/5
Quote Selection
SA
/5
Writing
/24
SA
/10
Category
Total
Front Page Challenge
Assignments
/18
Write for the Web
Assignments
/12
Tests
/5
Title
Non-Fiction Response
Grammar 1 Quiz
Unit 2 - Visuals in Text
Title
Evaluating Visual Texts Quiz
Only do ONE novel study: 1. Choose Your Own (see suggested list in course)
2. The Chrysalids
3. Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time
Unit 3A - Novel Study - OPTION #1 - Choose your own
Category
Title
Total
Reading Plan
SA
/5
Pre-Reading
SA
/5
1st Reading Journal
Assignments
/15
2nd Reading Journal
Assignments
/15
Vocabulary Building
Assignments
/20
Projects
/24
Choose Your Own Adventure PROJECT
Unit 3B - Novel Study - OPTION #2 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Category
Title
Total
Autism Discovery
SA
/5
Journal #1
Assignments
/12
Journal #2
Assignments
/12
Journal #3
Assignments
/12
Writing
/12
Tests
/35
Projects
/24
Critique the Ending
Test
Life of Christopher PROJECT
Unit 3C - Novel Study - OPTION #3 - The Chrysalids
Category
Title
Total
Exploring Setting
Assignments
/8
Characterization
Assignments
/8
Conflict
Assignments
/8
The Conclusion
Assignments
/8
Personal Connection
Assignments
/8
Essay Components
SA
/8
Differences Essay
Writing
/24
Tests
/46
Test
Unit 4 - Writing Styles
Category
Total
Writing Styles
Writing
Cats and Dogs
SA
/2
4
/5
Writing
/30
SA
/10
Tests
/24
Category
Total
SA
/5
Writing
/6
Short Story Literary Terms Quiz
Tests
/22
Short Story Analysis PROJECT
Projects
/28
Tests
/32
Category
Total
SA
/5
Narrative Essay
Writing
/36
Grammar 3 Quiz
SA
/10
Category
Total
Poetry Analysis
SA
/5
Favorite Poem
Assignments
/16
Writing Poetry
Assignments
/20
Writing Test 3
Tests
/34
Title
Sharon or Marilyn Essay
Grammar Quiz 2
Writing Test 1
Unit 5 - Short Stories
Title
Plot it
"The Rain Came" Theme
Writing Test 2
Unit 6 - Narrative Writing
Title
Introductions
Unit 7 - Poetry
Title
Unit 8 - Reading Between the Lines
Category
Total
Ad Analysis
SA
/5
Coke Spotlight Questions
SA
/5
Diesel Questions
SA
/5
Projects
/20
Category
Total
Writing
/6
Assignments
/12
Tests
/55
Category
Total
Reading Comprehension Test 4
Tests
/40
Practice Provincial Exam - Part A
Tests
/41
Practice Provincial Exam - Part B
Tests
/24
Category
Total
Here in Katmandu
Forum
/16
To Have Succeeded
Forum
/16
The Kayak
Forum
/16
Girl Who Loved Her Horses
Forum
/16
The Game
Forum
/16
Recipe for a Sidewalk
Forum
/16
The Gift
Forum
/16
The Lonely Land
Forum
/16
Skating Across the Cultural Gap
Forum
/16
Title
Spoof Ad PROJECT
Unit 9 - Romeo and Juliet
Title
Verona Feed
Dramatic Reading
Final Grammar Exam
Unit 10 - Provincial Exam Review
Title
FORUMS
Title
TOTAL (Do 5 of these)
/80